Public bug reported:
INFO: I think this will be a MIR nack, but I wanted to file it to
document why.
TL;DR: we need two things that need to change to go on with this:
- prove there is a real need for this
- a team has to step up wanting to own this package
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Availability: The package is in Universe at least since Xenial
Rationale: IMHO currently there is a rather low interest in this. It
came in by qemu in Debian now enabling it, but we never had anybody ask
for extended disassembly support so I'd think at least for now it might
be not a huge demand.
Security: The security history and the current state of security issues
in the package must allow us to support the package for at least 9
months (60 for LTS support) without exposing its users to an
inappropriate level of security risks. This requires checking of several
things that are explained in detail in the subsection Security checks.
Quality assurance:
- the package seems to work for the use cases it has so far
- no weird packaging hacks in place
The package is maintained well in Debian/Ubuntu (check out the Debian PTS)
- no bugs in Ubuntu
- only a "get the new Version" bug in Debian
UI standards:
- this has a console based UI in regard to show the disassembly
- not internationalized
Standards compliance:
- seems to be ok for FHS and Debian Policy standards
Maintenance:
- Due to the low demand nobody stepped up wanting to own the package for Main
Background information:
- the self set target is no less than "Our target is to make Capstone the
ultimate disassembly engine for binary analysis and reversing in the security
community."
- It might be useful for debug/analysis of guests
** Affects: capstone (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Invalid
** Changed in: capstone (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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